DO YOU HAVE A LIFESTYLE OF WORSHIP?

SCRIPTURE:
Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: 
‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.” 
(Matthew 4:10)

MEDITATION:
In this setting of scripture, it is interesting to see 
that Jesus draws a parallel between worship and serving. 
When the word worship is mentioned, most of our thoughts 
are about singing and praising in a worship service at church. 

We can see that in this scripture, 
Jesus was not talking about that type of worship. 
He was referring to worship as a commitment and lifestyle. 
If Satan can divert our attention from a life of worship, 
then he can cause us to consider other things more important than our 
Lord, and he can keep us from accomplishing what God created us to do.

Paul encouraged those who claimed to be believers in Jesus Christ 
to present their bodies as living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to God.
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, 
to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to 
God—this is your true and proper worship. (Romans 12:1)

This is to be considered a reasonable service to bring honor to our Lord. 
This is a lifestyle - worship is a lifestyle. 
Worship is anything we do that brings pleasure to God. 
In essence, worship is committing our everyday ordinary life, 
our sleeping and eating, our time off and vacations, 
and everything we do for the glory of God. 

It is one thing to sing praises to God in church; 
however it’s another thing altogether to allow Him to be the Lord of our life. 
When we do, we create a lifestyle of worship that will point others to Christ. 
The Lord sees when our level of commitment and worship of Him is sincere.
He can only use the part of our lives that we surrender to Him. 
His desire is to totally use each of His followers to touch our world. 

ACTION:
Have you developed a lifestyle of worship?
If the Lord asked you about your level of commitment and service, 
what would you say?
Do you have a desire to ‘touch the world’ for Him?
If so, then how is He using you?

Pray,
“Heavenly Father, forgive me if I have failed to surrender my all to You.
Help me to develop a lifestyle of worship in my own life, so that I can 
point others to You. Teach me how to participate in worship at all times, 
and not just when I meet with You and other believers at Your house.”